Improvement in belt-knife



UNITED STATES PATENT OEETCE.V

HENRY BLAKE, OF EAST PEPPEBELL, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF,GEORGE W. BLAKE, OTlS BLAKE, AND JAMES BLAKE, OF

SAME PLAGE.

IMPROVEMENT IN BELT-KNIFE. Y

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 80,899, dated August11, ISGS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY BLAKE, of East Pepperell, in the county ofMiddlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and CombinedBelt Knife and Mallet for Punching Belts; and I do hereby declare thatthe following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, whichwill enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings,

forming part of this specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a simple and effective meansfor punching belts.

It consists of a knife-punch, the blade of which is formed in ashapeparticularly adapted to form the elongated perforations necessaryfor inserting1 the belt-fastenings heretofore patented by George W.Blake, and dated March 26, A. D. 1861, and which is provided with ahandle having a mallet-head, as will be more fully described onreference to the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure l represents aside elevation of my improved knife and mallet with a section of a beltthrough which it has been forced. Fig. 2 represents the said section ofabelt detached from the knife. Fig. 3 represents a longitudinal sectionof a belt perforated with my improved knife and united by thebefore-mentioned fastenings. Fig. 4 represents a plan view of a beltpunched and united as described.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A represents a puch, provided with ablade,

B, constructed as shown in the drawings,

having a straight back, and tapered from the back to the front edge, thesaid tapered portion being shaped down to an edge and sharpened from thepoint a to the heel b. From the heel of the edge at b .to c the bladeswells to thev same thicknessas at the back.

C represents an enlarged portion of the handle, forming a mallet-head,which facilitates the operation of punching the belt and withdrawing thepunch therefrom, and is also usefull in hammering the joint down smootafter it has been made.

It is necessary in punching belts to be united by the aforesaidfastening that the perforations be as long as the head of the saidfastenings, and that they be distended .sidewise to some extent to admitthe heads of the fastenings freely, which is fully accomplished by myimproved punch, which is operated by*N

